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Vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR allowed a security researcher to turn it into a malicious offensive tool.

A hack that caused a small Texas town’s water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of foreign cyberattacks.

CrushFTP patches a zero-day vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to escape the VFS and retrieve system files.

Shadowserver has identified roughly 6,000 internet-accessible Palo Alto Networks firewalls potentially vulnerable to CVE-2024-3400.

MITRE R&D network hacked in early January by a state-sponsored threat group that exploited an Ivanti zero-day vulnerability.

Cannes Hospital Centre – Simone Veil cancels medical procedures after shutting down systems in response to a cyberattack.

Investors make an early-stage $6.5 million bet on BreachRx, a startup promising to shield cybersecurity executives from personal liability.

VulnCheck banks $8 million in early stage capital to build ‘exploit intelligence’ technologies and services.

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: OpenSSF and OpenJS incidents similar to XZ backdoor, Moldovan botnet operator charged, US automotive company targeted by FIN7.

While over 400 AI-related bills are being debated this year in statehouses nationwide, most target one industry or just a piece of the technology — such as deepfakes used in elections.

New US guidance details foreign malign influence operations to help election infrastructure stakeholders increase resilience.

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Attack detection firm Vectra AI has appointed Jeff Reed to the newly created role of Chief Product Officer.

Shaun Khalfan has joined payments giant PayPal as SVP, CISO.

UK cybersecurity agency NCSC announced Richard Horne as its new CEO.

Bill Dunnion has joined telecommunications giant Mitel as CISO.

Cybersecurity firm Forcepoint has appointed Naveen Palavalli as CMO.

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MITRE R&D network hacked in early January by a state-sponsored threat group that exploited an Ivanti zero-day vulnerability.

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Telecom giant Frontier shuts down systems to contain a cyberattack that led to personal information compromise.

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LabHost, a major phishing-as-a-service platform, has been shut down as part of a major law enforcement operation. 

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Vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR allowed a security researcher to turn it into a malicious offensive tool.

A hack that caused a small Texas town’s water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the…

CrushFTP patches a zero-day vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to escape the VFS and retrieve system files.

Shadowserver has identified roughly 6,000 internet-accessible Palo Alto Networks firewalls potentially vulnerable to CVE-2024-3400.

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